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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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